Pwn2Own
Hackers get $886,250 for 49 zero-days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2025
The Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking contest has ended with security researchers collecting $886,250 after exploiting 49 zero-days. Throughout the event, they targeted automotive software and products, including electric vehicle (EV) chargers, car operating systems (i.e., Android Automotive OS, Automotive Grade Linux, and BlackBerry QNX), and in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. According to the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2025 contest rules, all […]
Tesla EV charger hacked twice on second day of Pwn2Own Tokyo
Security researchers hacked Tesla’s Wall Connector electric vehicle charger twice on the second day of the Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking contest. They also exploited 23 more zero-day vulnerabilities in WOLFBOX, ChargePoint Home Flex, Autel MaxiCharger, Phoenix Contact CHARX, and EMPORIA EV chargers, as well as in the Alpine iLX-507, Kenwood DMX958XR, Sony XAV-AX8500 In-Vehicle Infotainment […]
Hackers exploit 16 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025
On the first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025, security researchers exploited 16 unique zero-days and collected $382,750 in cash awards. Fuzzware.io is leading the competition after hacking the Autel MaxiCharger and Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150 electric vehicle chargers using a stack-based buffer overflow and an origin validation error bug. This earned them $50,000 and 10 Master […]
Synology hurries out patches for zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own
Synology, a Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker, patched two critical zero-days exploited during last week’s Pwn2Own hacking competition within days. Midnight Blue security researcher Rick de Jager found the critical zero-click vulnerabilities (tracked together as CVE-2024-10443 and dubbed RISK:STATION) in the company’s Synology Photos and BeePhotos for BeeStation software. As Synology explains in security advisories published two days after the […]
QNAP patches second zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own to get root
QNAP has released security patches for a second zero-day bug exploited by security researchers during last week’s Pwn2Own hacking contest. This critical SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50387, was found in QNAP’s SMB Service and is now fixed in versions 4.15.002 or later and h4.15.002 and later. The zero-day flaw was patched one week after […]
Hackers exploit 52 zero-days on the first day of Pwn2Own Ireland
On the first day of Pwn2Own Ireland, participants demonstrated 52 zero-day vulnerabilities across a range of devices, earning a total of $486,250 in cash prizes. Viettel Cyber Security took an early lead getting 13 points in their chase for the “Master of Pwn” title. The team’s phudq and namnp exploited a Lorex 2K WiFi camera through a stack-based […]